CVE-2024-44082

Vulnerability in OpenStack Ironic allows unauthorized access via crafted images.

• CVSS 4.3
• CWE-862
• Input Validation and Sanitization
• Remote

In OpenStack Ironic before 26.0.1 and ironic-python-agent before 9.13.1, there is a vulnerability in image processing, in which a crafted image could be used by an authenticated user to exploit undesired behaviors in qemu-img, including possible unauthorized access to potentially sensitive data. The affected/fixed version details are: Ironic: <21.4.3, >=22.0.0 <23.0.2, >=23.1.0 <24.1.2, >=25.0.0 <26.0.1; Ironic-python-agent: <9.4.2, >=9.5.0 <9.7.1, >=9.8.0 <9.11.1, >=9.12.0 <9.13.1.

CVE

CVE-2024-44082

CWE

CWE-862

CVSS base score

4.3

Published

2024-09-06

OWASP

A05 Security Misconfiguration

Orthogonal defect classification

Checking

Code defect classification

Incorrect Functionality

Category

Input Validation and Sanitization

Subcategory

Insecure Parsing or Deserialization

Accessibility scope

Remote

Impact

Unauthorized Access

Affected component

Ironic, iron

Fixed by upgrading

Yes

Solution

Upgrade to Ironic version >=22.0.0 and ironic-python-agent version >=9.5.0.

import subprocess

def image_processing(image_path):
    """Vulnerable function that demonstrates the security issue."""
    # VULNERABLE: This code is susceptible to command injection
    
    result = subprocess.run(['qemu-img', 'info', image_path], check=True, capture_output=True, text=True)
    return result.stdout

import os
import subprocess

def image_processing(image_path):
    """Secure function that fixes the vulnerability."""
    allowed_image_types = ['.qcow2', '.raw', '.img']
    if not any(image_path.endswith(ext) for ext in allowed_image_types):
        raise ValueError("Invalid image type. Allowed types are: " + ", ".join(allowed_image_types))

    working_dir = '/tmp/image_processing'
    os.makedirs(working_dir, exist_ok=True)

    try:
        result = subprocess.run(['qemu-img', 'info', image_path], cwd=working_dir, check=True, capture_output=True, text=True)
        return result.stdout
    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
        print("Error processing image:", e.stderr)
        raise

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@misc{vaitp:cve202444082,
  title        = {{Vulnerability in OpenStack Ironic allows unauthorized access via crafted images.}},
  author       = {Bogaerts, Fr\'ed\'eric and Ivaki, Naghmeh and Fonseca, Jos\'e},
  year         = {2024},
  note         = {VAITP Python Vulnerability Dataset, entry CVE-2024-44082},
  howpublished = {\url{https://netpack.pt/vaitp/vulnerability/CVE-2024-44082/}}
}